Month: July 2025

folding wings, redesign cabin and the largest engine in the world

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We do not usually think about the plane when we buy a ticket. We think of the destination, in the budget, at the time of departure. But in a few years, something could make you stop a second more in the model that appears next to the flight number. Because that journey could be done aboard the new Boeing 777x (In one of its variants, 777-8 or 777-9), an aircraft designed to mark the future of the long radio: more efficient for airlines, more comfortable for those who travel. 777x does not arrive at any time. Boeing develops it with a very clear objective: reinforce its position in a strategic segment that for years dominated without discussion. The result is not a break with the past, but an evolution calculated on one of its greatest successes. With this new generation of 777The company seeks to respond to a growing demand for efficiency, scope and capacity without giving up what was already working. BOEING 777X Technical Card Boeing 777-8 Boeing 777-9 Launch of the program November 2013 November 2013 Squares (typical two classes configuration) 395 426 Scope 16,190 km 13,500 km Length 70.86 m 76.72 m Wingspan Extended: 71.75 m On land: 64.85 m Extended: 1.75 m On land: 64.85 m Cabin Wider; new customizable architecture; incorporates comfort innovations of 787 Dreamliner Wider; new customizable architecture; incorporates comfort innovations of 787 Dreamliner Configuration Double corridor (widebody) Double corridor (widebody) Engine GE9X GE9X Approximate price From 410 million dollars (Eplaneai) From 442 million dollars (Eplaneai) The 777x design is not only new: it responds to a very clear idea of efficiency and scale From a distance, 777x seems familiar. Its silhouette remembers that of other wide fuselage aircraft. But just approach to notice the differences. The wings, longer than usual, They curve with elegance until ending in folded tips that attract attention even before takeoff. The huge engines dominate the side view of the plane. The 777x wings are not only the longest that Boeing has ever mounted on a commercial plane. They are also the most innovative. They are manufactured in composite material, such as those of the 787 Dreamlinerand extend until they exceed 71 meters of size. To avoid airport problems, its ends fold when the plane is on land. It is a subtle gesture, but that hides one of the most complex decisions of design: how to gain efficiency without limiting your access to shipping doors. It is impossible to look at 777x without looking at its engines. The GE9X They are not just The largest that have been installed in a commercial plane: They are also among the most efficient. With a fan of 3.4 meters in diameter and carbon fiber blades, each one concentrates more than a decade of technological development. The result is an engine that consumes 10% less than the GE90-115Breduce noise and meet the limits of emissions established for your class. One of the great promises of 777x is inside. Although the fuselage maintains the same exterior width as its predecessors, Boeing has redesigned the internal structure To gain useful space. The ceiling is higher, the smoother lighting and the sensibly lower background noise. The humidity of the environment has also been improved and cabin altitude has been reduced, two factors that are not seen but that can make a difference in flights of many hours. The change is not limited to what passengers see. In the command cabin, the 777X introduces for the first time in commercial aviation Integrated touch screensa system that replaces part of physical controls Traditional by a cleaner and more flexible interface. The environment remembers that of 787 and maintains many similarities with that of 777, which facilitates the transition for crews. None of this has happened quickly. When Boeing presented 777x in 2013the first installment was scheduled for 2020. Years later, that horizon is still not materialized. Flight tests continue, certification processes have hardened And the first deliveries are not expected before 2026, with increasingly narrow margins. For Boeing, this is not a simple project: it is an opportunity that cannot afford to be missing. While the legendary American company hurries the deadlines of 777x, Airbus gains ground in the world. In China, for example, is about to close a massive order. According to SCMP, it could be up to 500 airplanes. And we are talking about largest aviation market in the world. In that context, as we say, 777x is not just a new plane: it is a strategic bet with which Boeing is playing part of his future. Images | Boeing (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) | Palacio do Planalto/Alan Santos (CC by 2.0) | Lamblukas (1, 2, 3, 4) In Xataka | The US will finally continue selling engines for C919. He has also given China a reason not to need them again

The “highway to heaven” is a monster of 270 viaducts and 25 tunnels

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In the 80s, the Chinese road network had a long way forward. They had no highways, above all, because the bulk of merchandise transport was made by their Rich Railway Network. However, something began to change in the mid-decade with the Shanghai-Jiading highway, and in 2005, the Minister of Transportation was He committed to build 85,000 kilometers in the next 30 years. Of All that networka small segment is starring one of the most imposing highways in the world. The “staircase to heaven” from China. Yaxi Expressway. That of “All roads lead to Rome“In China, it is applied to Beijing. Yaxi Expresswaya section known as “staircase to heaven.” It is a 240 -kilometer segment that joins the cities of Xichang and Ya’an and that built Between 2007 and 2012 for about 3.3 billion dollars. To put it in context, the average cost Construction of a kilometer of new highway in Spain is 8.8 million euros. It depends on many things, but we are talking about an important extra cost in the case of this highway, and seeing how it is, it seems totally justified. SOBRADA. Within those 240 kilometers, the Yaxi Expressway account With 270 viaducts to save considerable slopes, but also has 25 tunnels. In total, the latter add up to 41 kilometers underground. One of those tunnels is that of Nibashan, who has the honor of being the deepest of China by descending about 1,650 meters in just 10 kilometers. Necessary? Yes, since a journey that previously took hours around a mountain is now completed in just ten minutes. But everything that goes down, must have previously upload, and it is precisely why this highway is known as the “staircase to heaven.” The reason is to rise to more than 2,430 meters, with one of the sections raising 7.5 meters per kilometer traveled. There are 51 kilometers of continuous ascent with an average slope of 3%. That ascension, as well as the complete route if you prefer, can be seen perfectly in this video: Surrounding mountains. In that video there is something very interesting that we can see: the spiral -shaped tunnels, but it is something that is also better appreciated in this image of the Maps tour: The reason is that there are two mountains that do not go through as such, but are “surrounding.” With the idea of minimizing the impact on the environment, this way of drawing tunnels was considered the ideal in a complicated area. In the images in which the relief is shown you can see sections of that ‘snail’ appearing from time to time in the mountain: Beyond muscle. This highway is interesting beyond its technical achievements. Because left the virguerías aside, the Yaxi Expressway allows to connect a mountainous and traditionally isolated area that allows the local economy to develop and that ethnic minorities such as Han, Hui or Tibetans have integration easier. Difficult. And, from the point of view of a user of the road, driving on this road is complicated. The weather is changing due to the change of height we experience, it has very technical slow curves and a great slope of both ascent and down, and that difficulty can be seen in various moments of the video that we share above. But well, beyond this, the “highway to heaven” has become a tourist attraction in the region and is another sample of the Powerful civil infrastructure in China. In addition, what most attracts the attention of all this is how the country has undertaken a lot of Extremely complex works In just two or three decades. AND If we talk about bridgesthe thing shoots. Image | Xinhuavideo/New China TV, Chinese curious In Xataka | Three highways, 20 access ramps: China has the most diabolical exchanger in the world in Huangjuewan

It is more likely to reach a ray to touch your lottery. Until an economist broke the game winning 14 times

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The lottery is more an act of faith than anything else. I don’t say it, Mathematics say. In fact, there is more likely to be a ray to become a millionaire at night. It is possible that all that of the same, and that even knowing that we will not touch us, let’s continue playing to feel part of something. The problem is that there are legends that They talk about tricks and Formulas To win. And then there is the story of Stefan Mandel. A mathematical mind. In the mid-1990s, while millions of people worldwide continue Murify the rules Not written from the lottery applying, not magic or superstition, but an elementary probability system and a colossal logistics. The “trick.” His formula was as basic as radical: identify those draws in which the accumulated prize It exceeded by far the total cost of acquiring all possible tickets. By converting a problem of chance into a mathematical operation with a positive statistical return, Mandel transformed the game into a profitability equation. After successfully trying his system in his native Romania and then in Australia, Mandel perfected his strategy With a small team, developing algorithms that generated and printed millions of valid combinations for specific lotteries. The jump to Washington. The high point of his odyssey came when he looked at the United States, where he detected that Virginia’s newly established lottery used only 44 numbersgenerating “barely” 7,059,052 possible combinations. With the boat reaching 15.5 million dollars, and after having prepared in advance A network of investorsprinters and points of sale, Mandel activated his machinery. For two frantic days, his team managed to buy 6.4 million tickets. They did not reach the desired total, but among the paper mountain was the winning ticket. Although the feat unleashed an investigation by the FBI and the CIA, no legal violation was detected: its maneuver, although clearly outside the spirit of the game, it did not transgress any norm written in the regulations in force. The boundaries of chance. The key to the mandel method was not in sophisticated numerical tricks, but to detect when the conditions of the game offered A structural advantage. In this way, its formula only worked when the prize I tripled the cost To acquire all combinations and when lottery systems allowed printing tickets directly with chosen combinations, a possibility that was later prohibited in many countries precisely by cases such as yours. Winning horse. In essence, its strategy converted the lottery into A safe betprovided that resources, time and discipline were available to execute a plan of such magnitude. However, the profit margin was not immediate: Mandel had to distribute the profits between dozens of investors and assume considerable operational and legal costs. Even so, the system allowed him Win 14 lotteries over several years and knead a considerable fortune without resorting to traps or privileged contacts, only to applied mathematics with implacable determination. Legacy and sunset. After his last significant victory, Mandel He retired to a paradise in the Vanuatu Islands, where he lives away from media foci. Its history, however, not only challenges the myth of fate in games of chance, but has become A mathematical legend which highlights the design gaps of many lottery systems before digitalization. Today, with stricter regulations, limits in the purchase of tickets and automated systems, replicate its model It would be unfeasible. Thus, its feat remains one of the most forceful demonstrations of how human ingenuity, when it faces in intelligence and rigor, can alter the balance of the improbable. Image | Barcex In Xataka | We all know that the lottery will not touch us. It doesn’t matter: we play for feeling part of something In Xataka | The trick to prevent the Treasury from staying with 20% of the Lottery Award has a trick. And is called the income statement

displays and buries cables up to 3,000 meters deep

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We don’t see them, but Most of the world’s internet traffic circulates through them. The Submarine cables They are very necessary and They have not been few times that have been in the center of conflicts between countries. Some measure thousands of kilometers and connect continents, such as This that will connect Santander with the United Statesbut how do cables of such size unfold? The answer has a name: the Lisa Monna. The ship. The Lisa Monna is a Cable-Laying Vessel, that we could translate by “cable vessel.” Its manufacture began in Romania in 2022 Under commission from the Prysmian company And it cost 250 million euros, although it has not been until this year that its operations have begun. The Mission of the Lisa Monna is to hold wiring in the sea and can reach up to 3,000 meters deep. In figures. The Lisa Monna is 171 meters in length and 34 meters of manga. Currently it is, Together with the Leonardo da Vinci of the same fleetthe world’s largest cable ship. In China, one that reaches 215 meters is being assembled, but for the moment it is not operational (It is expected to start navigating in 2026). It is able to load two cable coils, one of 7,000 and another of 10,000 tons. It has capacity for 120 people, it can navigate for 90 days in a row and reaches a maximum speed of 16 knots. Laying and buried. At first, Submarine cables did not burywhich caused them to suffer more often. Currently the cables are buried in a standard way and it is just what the Lisa Monna does through a simultaneous method of lying and buried. The ship drags a plow that creates a trench in the seabed between 2 and 3 meters deep depending on the type of soil. Here the cable and the earth are deposited refluxes by itself, leaving the protected cable. This system has been baptized as Hydroplowbut it is not the only one that the ship has. It also has several excavating robots that come into action if they find a harder seabed. Centimetric precision. The Lisa Monna is a DP3 ship, that is, it has The most advanced dynamic positioning system which ensures that no failure, whether mechanical, electric or software will make you lose your position: this is crucial in the laying of submarine cables since it requires centimeter accuracy for large distances. To ensure the position has an eight -point mooring system. The fleet. The Lisa Monna is part of a two -ship fleet owned by Prysmian, a multinational company based in Milan. Monna Lisa’s brother was baptized as Leonardo Davinci And they have one more under construction than will be ready in 2027. In April of this year, The Lisa Monna was charged for the first time and It is currently deploying cable on the east coast of the United States. Images | Prysmian will be ready for 2027a | North Korea launched its largest warship with vertical missile system. Then he sank

It’s Jane Birkin’s Hermès Birkin

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The fashion world has witnessed one of the facts most amazing of the year: a second -hand bag with more than 40 years behind him has been auctioned and His best bidder He had to pay 8.6 million euros for him. You will think that In Wallapop There are better offers, but this piece, far from being a simple bag, has become the most expensive bag ever sold. And why so much stir for a bag? Because it is not any bag. It is the Hermès Birkin by James Birkin. The equivalent of the Mona Lisa of the fashion world. The origins of the Birkin de Hermès. As with the great things, the birth of the Birkin de Hermès bag emerged from an anecdote starring actress Jane Birkin and Jean-Louis Dumas, president of Hermès during a flight from Paris to London. When he was trying to accommodate his luggage, all the belongings of the actress fell to the ground. The actress, frustrated because she didn’t fit her in her bag, told the designer that someone should make a really functional bag. The designer took note of Birkin’s request and outlined the first design of what the actress was asking for a dizziness bag. Soon, Hermès had already made an exclusive bag for the British actress, marking her with her JB initials on the front flap. The original, large and practical design changed forever The idea of luxury In the female bag. A widely used bag. Far from keeping it as a museum piece, the actress used the first unit of the mythical Birkin daily and was not known for being especially careful with him. The actress appears In different photos carrying the bag and wearing different adhesives and protest campaigns. The remains of these adhesives can still be seen in the bag that Sotheby’s has auctioned in Paris. According to publishes CNNHermès sent up to five bags to Birkin (Birkin bags, of course), so the actress was auctioning them for beneficial causes every time the manufacturer renewed it. First Birkin Birkin Birkin Birkin The original Birkin auctioned it in 1994, after almost a decade of intensive use, and the benefits were allocated for AIDS investigation. From that moment, the first Birkin retired from the service and became admired as a piece of art and He changed owner again In 2000. Jane Birkin died in 2023 but, In an interview For the CNN in 2020He said that “when I have died (people) will probably only talk about the bag.” Jane Birkin’s original Birkin auction. The Birkin auctioned in Paris is the original that Hermès manufactured for Jane Birkin, and that the artist took with him for almost a decade, as certified by the initials of the artist who look under her brooch. The bid began in a million euros, but almost immediately amounted to 6 million euros. Finally, the hammer fell when the figure reached 7 million euros, which would become 8.6 million adding commissions and taxes. Nine buyers had bid for him from different parts of the world. That price makes the first Birkin the second most expensive fashion object ever sold at an auction. The first most expensive object were some Ruby red shoes of “The Wizard of Oz” that were sold for 32.5 million dollars in 2024, such and as stood out AP. The new owner. Unlike its previous owner, who kept his precious bag secret for 25 years, the new owner of the original Herkin Birkin has only taken hours in making public Your new collection piece. The purchase was made on behalf of the company Valuence Japan Inc, based in Tokyo, through the Sotheby’s representative in Japan. The new owner of the Primal Birkin is a circular design company committed to prolonging the life of the products instead of discarding them. A 40 -year -old used bag that remains in perfect condition, overlooks the values it defends. In Xataka | Hermés’ heir millionaire adopted his gardener. His fortune has evaporated before he reaches his garden Image | Wikimedia Commons (Nicolas Genin), Sotherby’s

that risotto eats on the moon. And they already investigate a supereno and more protein rice

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We continue to have the colonization of the bodies that surround us between eyebrow and eyebrow. For a while, Mars became the “Manifest destination” of the United Statesbut the moon has returned to the first position of extraterrestrial colonization. Is the reason for being of the Artemis missionand it is evident that the moon has much to offer in the form of minerals and energy. But to be able to establish ourselves in the satellite, there is a fundamental step: Cultivate food on the moon. And now Italy has presented The main ingredient of food on the moon: rice. Space farmers. NASA wants to return to the moon, Europe and Russia also. AND China is making great advances. And something that all nations are exploring is how to grow in the lunar soil, from potential food to tobacco, how is China exploring. Lunar soil is hostile because there are no nutrients, so in the past We have experienced with worms and fungi to do the first fertilization work. The idea is to make the regolito, Something very valuable To create materials and leading element of the lunar soil, it is more fertile, but while we find the way, from the Italian Space Agency (like) they have had another idea: to create varieties of dwarf rice by genetic edition to grow in the conditions of the moon. Miniarrocera. The initiative led by the Italian organism implies a joint investigation with universities such as Milan, Roma Sapienza and Naples Federico II, and the objective is to develop a variety of supersenan rice that grows in microgravity conditionsas well as in extremely reduced spaces such as those that can occur in lunar bases. The idea is to maximize production in an extremely narrow space, and that is why they seek to reduce the size of the plant as possible without affecting the amount of rice it can give. A rice plant can reach heights between 70 and 150 centimeters, but the research objective is that the maximum size of those lunar plants is about 10 centimeters. Overcome. Beyond achieving a very compact size, the project seeks to modify the genetics of the plant so that the resulting rice is more nutritious than what we have on Earth. For example, that has a superior protein contribution, something that the “normal” rice suffers. Samples of this miniarroz Difficult. For this project baptized as ‘Moon-Rice’, each of the centers deals with a task. The University of Milan isolates mutant varieties with dwarfism; The University of Rome identifies the best genes to achieve maximum performance despite the size and that of Naples contributes its experience in space crops (such as the Melissa project of ESAwhich simulates closed ecosystems to recycle air and water in long -term missions). But, although promising candidates have already been identified to modify, such as the Japanese dwarf variety kozosumikathis miniaturization presents multiple challenges. Alter the gibberelin of the plant (the plant hormone that allows regulating the height) can also affect production, being that balance between dwarfism and maximum productivity the balance so delicate that must be managed in the laboratory. Terrestrial applications. As it happens so many times when a technology is developed or explored for lunar use, we also see potential for use within the atmosphere. For example, developing a rice that occupies little space, that is more nutritious and more resistant than usual, can be useful for both Urban agriculture as, above all, for the development of crops in arid areas of the Earth. And, beyond this moon-rice that is in initial phases, it is evident that Italy is taking seriously lunar exploration. As a member of ESA, it is collaborating with other agencies that also have interest in the satellite. An example is the interest at the Mohammed Bin Rashid space center of the United Arab Emirates to promote exploration on the Moon, but also a contract With the Thales Satellite manufacturer Alenia Space to develop a habitability module to operate in the lunar base as part of the Artemis program. It only remains to be seen if, in that Lunar module of Italy, the risotto is the main dish. And, who knows, beyond being a source of food, that the ‘inhabitants’ of the moon see green can have positive effects on their mental health during long -term missions. Images | University of Milan, THAT In Xataka | To the big question about what the hell is in the hidden face of the moon, China has just given the first answers

With the battle against the controlled Muslims, the Byzantine emperor Teófilo decided to do something: defeat himself

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Throughout the planet they extend battlefields that have gone down in history. It is estimated that there are some 12,000 localized battles Throughout history, being those of the twentieth century The bloodiest in history. Many of those ‘famous’ wars marked a turning point in one way or another, and the battle of Anzen between Byzantines and Muslims was one of them. But not for being a deed or a great military strategy, but for being an absolute embarrassment in which his army defeated himself. The legend. Between the eighth and twelfth centuries, the Arabo-Bizantine wars. It was a series of conflicts that, for almost 550 years, faced different Muslim caliphath with expansionist eagerness and the Byzantine empire. The conflict changed the political and military landscape in the Middle East and in a large part of the Mediterranean. Legend tells that one of the battles between the Byzantines and the abasi caliphate decided the … spirits. As we read in National Geographicin one of the battles during the ninth century, the Byzantines managed to repel the Arabs, but did not have time to celebrate the victory. At nightfall, the Byzantine soldiers began to see lights moving in the fog, some ‘Fatuos fires‘(flammable gases generated by decomposition matter on the battlefield) that soldiers confused with wandering spirits and souls. In the confusion the Byzantines panicked, they began to attack between them and those who fled were clear by a cliff. Anzen. As history, it is very good, but there are no documents that support it and it seems rather a story so that the soldiers do not get carried away by the Superstitions. The funny thing is that there was a historical episode in which the soldiers were dragged by fear, causing a humiliating defeat. It occurred in the same ninth century, specifically on July 22, 838. In the Anzen battle (current Dazmana, in Türkiye), the Byzantine emperor Teófilo He commanded between 25,000 and 40,000 men against an abasi force under the command of the Iranian Prince al-affshin. The previous year, the Byzantines had made an incursion into the ground of the caliphate, and the Caliph sought revenge. Your goal? Love affairemblem, one of the largest cities in the Byzantine Empire. There are many factors that influence a battle, such as the size of the armies, their armament and even morality, but something definitive is the strategy. And Teófilo came up with a great idea that turned out to be decisive. Galaxy brain. At one point in the battle, and at a point where their troops had the advantage, it occurred to Teófilo to reinforce one of the flanks personally. He took a group of soldiers and left the usual command place. Although in many films we see that leaders are the first to load, the common thing was that they stayed in a remote and privileged position. Not only saved their neck, but they could exercise military tactics in real time. Teófilo sneak away after the defeat Panic and unbalanced. He must have seemed a good idea, but this action was a turn in the dynamics of the battle. The Byzantine troops began to see that Teófilo was not in their command position and thought the most logical (sarcasm): “The emperor has died.” Without its leader, the troops are They demoralizedthey began to act indisciplinedly and there was a disruption in the ranks. Historical chance or strategy, just at that time the Turkish cavalry, with its archers, made a counterattack, which exacerbated chaos in the Byzantine ranks. The attack of the archers mounted and that idea that its leader had died in combat, undermined the morals and cohesion of the imperial army, dynamiting any initial advantage in combat. What do you do? Recall that Teófilo was still alive leading the attack in another area of the battlefield, but their forces had collapsed and the emperor, next to a group of soldiers from his personal guard and the Kurdish allies, was isolated in a hill, the Anzen hill. The Arabs surrounded them, but here there was a Deus Ex Machina de Manual: it began to rain, the strings of the Turkish arches were unused and, while the Arab troops waited for catapults to bombard the position, Teófilo and his personal guard slipped between the enemy lines. Sitío de Amorio for Muslim troops Fatal error. After that, the rumors of his death had already spread and the emperor not only had to fight against it, but against the Arab advance. The defeat in Anzen paved the way to Amorio for the Al-Afshin troops, where the looting of the city that had been a symbol of prestige and imperial power. It was not a definitive blow in the war between Byzantines and Abasíes due to internal conflicts in the caliphate, but of course it was a defeat for the history of the uncoordination of the troops and how important the command figure is. In Xataka | There is a reason why the Canary Islands is not British: the day that United Kingdom invaded Tenerife without knowing what was inside

There is a whole literary genre dedicated to perverse crimes in the most cuquis and friendly spaces in the world. And he is breaking it

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We identify the black novel, invariably, with what is known as HARD BOILED: hard detectives, bloody crimes, sordid environments. But … what if there was another way to raise gender? Settling in certain classics of the genre, the novels Cozy Mystery (“Cozy mystery”) They are more than a niche: they are a very profitable way to continue taking advantage of a historical style of making crime literature and suspense. But … what are exactly? They are police novels that present the crime and its resolution in “clean” environments: small peoples, picturesque communities or scenarios of everyday life (bookstores, coffees, gardening clubs). Explicit violence and sex are deliberately excluded from the scene, and the narrative focuses on the interaction between unique characters (often an amateur detective, almost always a woman, with a great sense of humor and daily skills) and the logic of the research. But this sounds to me … Of course it sounds to you: the eccentric detective, which takes advantage of its harmless appearance to gain the confidence of the suspects has as famous historical precedents as the Miss Marple Miss Agatha Christie And her most distinguished heiress: the Jessica Fletcher de ‘A crime has been written‘. Its roots can be traced even further: the British mystery novels of the nineteenth century and, in general the peaceful style of the “golden age” of the mystery (whose most popular representative is Christie) and where in addition to amateur detectives such as Miss Marple, we saw rural environments or closed communities, crimes executed “out of the scene” and ingenious resolution. In the 1980s, several writers began to claim and modernize that friendlier and more casual approach to the international boom of the darkest police novel. Since then, the Cozy Mystery He has experienced several popular cycles: the last one we are living now, supported by compartmentalization in increasingly detailed and specific subgenres that the editorial industry lives (of the Romantasy to the stories of Love with skaters). An editorial boom. Not only throughout the world authors such as Richard Osman, Joanne Flike or Kate Carlisle have become stars: also in Spain the subgenre has become a boom. Editorial Alma, for example, has found a real reef, and is exploiting fever by the Cozy With a collection that it already has almost forty titles to which are added, of course, its corresponding Children and Youth Variants. In the collection, titles such as ‘A lovely old woman … and lethal’, ‘Pride, prejudice and poison’ or ‘The last cupcake’ make clear the constants of the genre: kind satire, cuquis crimes and peaceful environments. And together with all these are, of course, the classics: ‘The Thursday Crime Club’, by the aforementioned Richard Osman, was one of the first supervantas of this last success of the genre. What’s behind: feminism … There is an inspiration for the genre that does not go unnoticed: its feminist inspiration. Women are present in Cozy Mystery as authors and also starring the books themselves. Gender can be understood as a reaction to the traditional black novel, historically monopolized by male voices and marked by the representation of women as a victim, secondary or femme fatale. The protagonists of these books are usually common women but extraordinary acuity, carriers of a logical, observer and empathic look. Following Miss Marple’s wake, many of them are mature, widowed characters, retired or housewives, whose age and experience confers authority and charisma. A true disarticulation of gender stereotypes, claiming values such as intuition, daily wisdom and practical sense, with women deeply integrated into their community, which gives a collective dimension to the narrative. A quiet and silent challenge of crime and punishment codes, eminently male law and order of the traditional genre. … and well -being. The warm and comforting style of these books (and their editions, with covers of soft tones and domestic scenarios) point to addresses that have nothing to do with the usual policeman: pleasant routines, the beauty of the everyday. And there is an echo in the prose of these books: light but not banal, ironic without cruelty … that is, a kind of comfortable reading, a very appropriate emotional refuge in these times of crisis, uncertainty and stress. We have spoken on other occasions about entertainments that disconnect us And peace provide us, and without a doubt the Cozy Mystery It has a lot to do with this trend: in a hyperconnected society, we crave return to small, intimate and without shocks. Except for small crime than another, but that is resolved easy. In Xataka | If you join the lifelong hobbies you have the editorial phenomenon that is sweeping in bookstores

In 2011 a mysterious series of numbers and letters appeared in Reddit. Thousands of people would spend years trying to decipher her

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Fourteen years ago a Reddit user appeared called ‘A858DE45F56D9BC9’ and began publishing characters of characters, apparently meaningless, in a SubnetDit of the same name. For more than a year the publications went unnoticed until one day madness began. What followed was the creation of a community with thousands of obsessed people with solving the puzzle And, above all, know who was behind the one who is considered One of the biggest Internet mysteries. Reddit’s Stonehenge Although the user’s name was much longer, in Reddit it is known as The mystery of A858. Although the first publications arose in July 2011, it was not until 2012 when the Reddit community began to pay them attention. Some users attempted to disappoint the messages and there was one that made interest explode. The comment and the answer confirmed that A858 was not “something”, but “someone.” A user mentioned that A858 was Reddit’s Stonehenge in reference to Its function was a mystery. A858 responded shortly after with one of his classic encrypted messages. The surprise came when they discovered that it was an image in ASCII format that represented precisely that: the Stonehenge. Until that point he had not given too much importance, but with this it was demonstrated that Behind A858 there was someone human. And then madness unleashed. Years trying to solve it Users wanted to know the goal behind those messages and set out to disregard them, but they soon realized that it was not going to be simple. In September 2012, the SOLVINGA COMMUNITY858 which currently has 15,000 members. Here a collective effort to understand The goal behind A858 that lasted years. Decipher A858 seemed impossible. He also behaved strangely: he disappeared, erased posts … the community was frustrated Only a few messages were deciphered by the community, including some citations of famous authors such as is from Max Lerner, Christmas greetings either References to April’s Fool (The equivalent of innocent’s day). The challenge was very complex from the technical point of viewhe used unusual obfuscation techniques, and there was not a clear pattern in his behavior; Sometimes he disappeared, he deleted posts, the submandit made deprived, Some messages were very easy to solve and others seemed impossible… This made the community frustrate and begin to lose interest, but then A858 appeared and everything was reactivated. Ask A858 Anything One of the points in the Subbreddit Solvinga858 was in 2015 when A858 made a mist (Ask Me Anything) where He attended to the numerous doubts of the users, although they also had to disappoint them. It wasn’t going to be so simple. Users asked him if they were wasting his time trying to decipher him, to which A858 replied that no, but I couldn’t tell them the goal behind the project. He also revealed that only a woman from the United Kingdom had managed to decipher him and expected more correct answers. Here you can read in fullbut then we highlight some of the questions and answers of the session: What is R/A858DE45F56D9BC9? The objective cannot be revealed. A858 published ASCII art drawings, prime numbers tables, Apple II source code fragments, etc. Were you playing with us? Because? Coded posts are designed to be easily resolved. And the other encrypted using a stronger encryption? The other posts are not designed to be easily resolved. There are often long pauses in which there are no A858 posts. Is A858 your only job? Sometimes we are retouching. Other times we are working on other projects. Are you doing this love alone or are we talking to the team of which you are part? A858 is a project with a team. I am a member of the team. Are you affiliated with a government organization? I don’t know any place that has no government. An unsolved mystery The question session fed even more if the mystery fits, but over time A858 was publishing less frequently until the publications ceased completely. In March 2016, after months in which the Subbreddit had been deprived, A message appeared which said “the A858 project has concluded. It can be unsubscribed.” Many users did not believe it, but A858 never published again. A858 was never resolved. We only know that there was a company behind that one day cut the financing. The next news that was had was In September 2016 through one of the moderators of Solvinga858which revealed that he had had contact with the person behind A858. In his message he assured that this mysterious person was paid by a company to “post code puzzles through encryption and different text handling methods.” After a while, The company behind the project decided to cut the financing And there all ended. Needless to say that It was not the answer that the community expected and left too many unknowns to solve. Theories behind A858 As a good mystery, there are many theories about what was really behind A858. One of the most repeated is that it was A company looking for experts in encryption To hire them. A858 agreed over time with Cicada 3301 Another very similar mystery, although much easier to solve. Supposedly those who managed to decipher Cicada, received a message to enter a mysterious organization. Another of the theories defends that A858 a ‘Numbers Station’ Used by Mossad for Espionage Tasks. It does not seem to be known with total certainty, but one of the theories that makes more sense is that A858 was A company testing its own safety. In this scenario, The objective of the project would be precisely for anyone to solve the puzzleswhich would show that security was good. If so, they got it. Image | Amparo Babyloni, Xataka In Xataka | The James Webb has just photographed one of the great mysteries of the universe’s galaxies: how they intertwine

The marriages of Japanese women with South Korean men have shot themselves. There is a word that explains it: Hallyu

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Last June Japan I had a lesson For the world after years of pro-nature policies, although a very little encouraging lesson: its fertility and the number of births continued to fall. All kinds of proposals had passed along the way, Even money and husband For women who opted for the countryside instead of the capital. However, what few could expect is that marriages are shooting, but those of Japanese with South Koreans, and not vice versa. An unexpected boom. Yeah, Nikkei had That, in recent years, marriages between Japanese women and South Korean men have experienced unpublished growth, with an increase of 40% only in the last year, reaching their highest point in a decade. Reasons? Apparently, the phenomenon is framed within a broader tendency of international marriages In South Korea, which represents about 10% of all unions, in contrast to the general drop of 30% in the total number of marriages in the country during the last decade. Although most of the international marriages In Korea they are with people from Vietnam or China, Japanese unions have grown up 13% between 2019 and 2024far exceeding the rhythm of other nationalities. This trend is driven not only by cultural and demographic factors, but also by a symbolic transformation into bilateral relations, in which romance becomes an unexpected route of approach between two peoples historically marked by tensions. Hallyu as a catalyst. The rise of these marriages has its origin, to a large extent, in the cultural phenomenon of the Hallyu U “Korean wave”, which since the early 2000s has radically transformed the perception that Japanese women have from South Korea. Here are phenomena such as Winter Sonata television dramaissued in Japan in 2003, starting point for a transgenerational fascination that is today manifested in passions by the K-Pophe Korean cinema and the Seoul fashion. For many Japanese, interest began In adolescence with school series and musical idols, and It has been transforming in an attraction for the South Korean lifestyle as a whole. This process has resulted in deep affective ties With Korean cultureto the point that moving to South Korea and marrying a national becomes for many a personal and cultural fulfillment, not just emotional. Cross perceptions. Plus: both Japanese women and South Korean men manifest favorable perceptions of the other. The means that the Japanese value that the Koreans express their affection with greater intensity, are more attentive and emotionally close, they maintain frequent contact by phone and surprise with details. South Korean men, meanwhile, see in Japanese women educated, dedicated, discreet and with a strong sense of family duty. Despite cultural differences, both parties seem to find in the other an idealized version of what they do not find in their own country. These opinions arise not only personal interviews, but According to Nikkei, Also of marriage advice and palpable samples on social networks, where testimonies and publications of happy couples that portray their joint life abound. New globalized romance. There is much more, since in the heat of this trend they have emerged specialized services that facilitate these unions. Applications to match Japanese with South Koreans, online games, social networks and marriage agencies have turned what was previously an occasional crossing into an increasingly common path. Hanny Marriagefor example, it is a company founded in 2024 by a married Japanese with a South Korean who met in language exchanges, and that detected a growing demand for South Korean men interested in marrying with Japanese women. The previous experience of religious agencies such as The Church of Unification In the 1980s and 1990s it has been replaced by more modern forms, mediated by technology and by business initiatives with cultural sensitivity. History with deep roots. He marriage exchange Between Japan and South Korea it has Historical history complexes, from Korean marriages with Japanese at the time of Japanese economic boom, to organized group weddings For religious sects. That said, what distinguishes the current phenomenon is its voluntary, individualized and mediated character For pop culture. What began as an admiration for idols and dramas has become a wave of human connections that demolish ancient barriers. The presence of reality shows as Premarital Lovewhere we see group quotes between Korean men and Japanese women, it is another sample of how this type of relationship is not only accepted, but celebrated and even commercially driven. In a context where demography and the fall of marriages They worry to both countriesthese unions represent a Unexpected ray of hope, both for those who are looking for a couple and for those who want history between Japan and Korea to advance in a more optimistic tone. Image | Cambodia In Xataka | In South Korea offered 14,000 euros to young people in exchange for them to get married. Young people did the same In Xataka | Seoul is so desperate to activate his birth rate that he has had an idea: give € 700 to those who marry

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